Firewire 1600 and 3200 Approved

IEEE has officially approved the Firewire 1600 and 3200 standards which theoretically provide 204 and 408 MB/s respectively. These new standards remain compatible with Firewire 400 and 800, most likely retaining the connector of the later.
The path is now finally open for manufacturers to be able to offer products compatible with these new standards.
The specifications will be officially released in October, thus before USB 3.0 which will not be out until the end of the year.
So the new Firewire will for a short while be the fastest on paper, as USB 3.0 should obtain 4.8 Gbit/s (615 MB/s)